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Tin; species cullivalctl are: 1. T. (iibennuni, 'ruberous-iooted 



Afeadou- Kue ; 2. T. Coniiifi, Canadian Meadow Hue; 3. T. fa-fidum, 



l-elid iNleadow Rue; 4. T. uii^ustij'ol'uun. Narrow-leaved iNIeadow 



Hue; 5. T. liindiiin, Shinino-leaved Meadow Rue; (i. T. (ri/iii/c^i- 



Jo/ii/i//, Colund)ine-leaved Meadow Ivue, or Fealhered Colunihine. 



'Hie lirsL ha«, knobbed roots: llu- leaves small, obluse, iudeiitcd 

 ill three parts at llieir points, of a urayisli colour and smooth: the 

 stalks rise a loot and hall" high, and are naked almost to the lop, where 

 they divi(l(; into two or three small ones, under each of which is 

 placed one leaf; every ilivision is terminated by a small bunch of 

 pretty large tiowers, disposed almost in form of an undjel, each 

 composed of five while petals. It is a native of Spain, dowering in 

 June. 



The second species attains the height of three feel: the stems 

 sutfruticose, dark purple, branched: leaves resembling those of 

 Columbine, but glaucous: the tiowers in many pale-purple heads, 

 five-petalled and white. Jt is ;i native of North America, fiowering 

 lioni May to July. 



There is a variety, which is smaller, with pale purple tilanu^nts. 



The third has the stem about six or seven inches high: the leaves 

 downy, composed of a great number of small leaHets, which are 

 blmilly indented, and have a fetid scent: the llowers in loose 

 panicles, small, and of an herbaceous white colour: the leaves arc 

 somewhat hairy on both sides, pulpy and soft: the petals themselves 

 arc somewhat hairy, in the young plant reddish, but in the adult 

 whitish, almost a foot high, and not very leafy. Ii is a native; of the 

 south of i'' ranee, Switzerland, &c. fiowering Irom May to July. 



The fourth species has the stems from two to three leet high: 

 the tiowers small, collected in terminating panicles, and of an herba- 

 ceous white colour. Jt is a native of Germany and Switzerland, 

 lloweriiig in June and July. 



Tlu- fifth has the stems upright, channelled, five or sIk feet high, 

 having at each joint pinnate haves, composed of many linear fleshy 

 leatiets, which are for the most part entire, and end in acute |)oints: 

 the tiowers are of a yellowish- while colour; they apj)ear in Juiy, and 



